Don't fight, don't reply anybody — Fatoyinbo tells members

Founder of COZA, Biodun Fatoyinbo

Biodun Fatoyinbo, founder of the Commonwealth Zion Assembly (COZA), has asked his congregation not to be provoked by the mockery of his accusers but to be peaceful as they make their way out of the church.

Speaking when he mounted the pulpit on Sunday, the pastor said he was unhappy about the scandal rocking the church.

Recall that Fatoyinbo has been making headlines since Friday when Busola Dakolo, celebrity photographer, accused him of raping her as a teenager.



Although he denied the allegation, the pastor has been widely criticised, with some Nigerians on Twitter asking him to step down.

Protesters marched to his church in Lagos and Abuja on Sunday, mocking him and his members.

“I have been relating with all my mentors, you know I am a man under authority. I really love to listen to them,” he said.

“So, I am going to be giving a few instructions as time goes on but the first instruction I want to give is, with what is going on, we are going to be having prayers every day for those who are interested to come. But we are not going to have the seven days of glory.

“I don’t want all these kinds of stuff. I think last month we prayed for a whole month and we do all of that. Please, let’s be people of peace. So, if you want to pray with us, you can come here to pray. But the regular seven days won’t hold this year… you don’t want to put your guest speakers through all of that.



“You know we love to host people properly. And you know some of them, apart from the fact that the Holy Spirit spoke to me about that, my mentors said to me, this is what we need to do while we step in and make sure we see what is going on. And you know what we stand for in COZA.

“So, please let’s obey God in our mentors and be a people of peace. Also, when you are going out, they are going to direct you how to go out, please don’t fight anybody, don’t reply anybody, you came to worship. They may say things to you, it doesn’t matter. Please, behave yourselves and make sure everything is in place.”